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Issue: Comic Cavalcade Archives #1
Publication Date: June 2005
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Archive EditionsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 04/06/2005
Volume: 1
Pages: 284
ISBN: 1401206581
UPC/EAN: 76194123993400111
Price: $76.95 CAD
$49.95 USD
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Content Items: 49 (38 stories, 2 covers)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
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Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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42 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Wraparound]
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was The Mystery of the House of Seven Gables [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was The Smell That Spelled J-A-I-L [Story on Interior Page(s)] as modified here
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was Hitler Is a Bum! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was Japanese Beetle Trouble [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was Fingers of Fate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was Personality Day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was The Scourge of the Seas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was The Adventure of "Luckless" Lenore [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was Crime Takes the Count [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was Fate and a Mule! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #1 published January 1942 was Crime's Birthday Party!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #3 published January 1943 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was Wanted by Hitler, Dead or Alive [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #3 published January 1943 was The Invisible Invader [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was The Haunted Tank [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #3 published January 1943 was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was They Wind Up in the Doghouse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was The Tin-Fish Bobsled [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #3 published January 1943 was The Guy Who Liked Bananas! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #3 published January 1943 was Master Sergeant Meyer Levin, Bombardier and Hero [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was Covered Caravan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #3 published January 1943 was A Little Savage Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was The "Corn" Doctors [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #3 published January 1943 was One-Way Ticket [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #3 published January 1943 was The Man Most Likely to Succeed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #3 published January 1943 was The Minute Man Answers the Call [Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #3 published January 1943 was The Bushmaster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #3 published January 1943 was Balboa [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #3 published January 1943 was Last of the Thunderbirds [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #3 published January 1943 was The Laws of Pumpkin Center [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was A Star Is Born [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was The Story behind the Bellyache [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was He Saved the President -- Almost [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was Punk Junk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagComic Cavalcade #2 published January 1943 was The City on Wheels [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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The Comic Cavalcade Archives Volume 1

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Scribbly [Scribbly Jibbet]; Ghost Patrol [Fred; Pedro; Slim]; Red, White and Blue [Red Dugan; Whitey Smith; Blooey Blue]
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The Mystery of the House of Seven Gables

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Tommy Royden (introduction); Mrs. Royden (Tommy's mother, introduction); Nazi soldiers and spies [Kipp; Anton; Fritz; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Diana and Steve head out by car to the New England coast at General Darnell's request to keep an eye out for spies and saboteurs. The disappearance of a young boy named Tommy then leads Diana to try and locate him, and she discovers a group of 5th Columnists who are connected to the Nazis that are to come ashore as invaders. Wonder Woman, aided by Steve and Etta Candy, put a stop to the invasion and rescue the boy.
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The Smell That Spelled J-A-I-L

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Red Dugan; Whitey Smith; Blooey Blue; Doris West; unnamed Fire Chief; unnamed Street cleaner (death); Sherm (G2 chemist); unnamed G2 building superintendent; unnamed G2 clerk; Truck Bieler (villain); Rusty (villain, Bieler's accomplice); Professor Leaman (villain)
Synopsis: Red Dugan and Doris are walking along the street when a fire truck races by them, and they follow it to the fire. Checking the building over with an arson investigator, they discover a body in the rubble, and gas tanks. Red picks up a badge at the scene and investigates how it could have gotten there. With the help of Whitey and Blooey, they discover a plot by someone to use a peculiar gas to make the writing on important government documents disappear, then steal them to obtain the secrets.
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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Christopher Columbus
First Line: If Columbus had followed his original course...
Synopsis: Fact page on Columbus, which provides info plus illustrates the flag of old Spain and the personal colors of Columbus.
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Hitler Is a Bum!

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Genres: war
Character(s): The Ghost Patrol [Pedro; Slim; Fred]; Several newspapermen [Hans; Fritz]; Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: While in Germany, the members of the Ghost Patrol fight to save the "freedom of the press" in that nation by challenging the Führer himself!
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Japanese Beetle Trouble

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Genres: aviation
Character(s): Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; Japanese soldiers (villains, some die)
Synopsis: Hop and Tank are flying along near the Himalayan Mountains when a Japanese fighter suddenly zooms out after them...then mysteriously disappears. Landing, Hop discovers all the mountains in that area are made of rock salt, and that the lake at the bottom of those mountains was so full of salt that its water could support the weight of the Japanese plane that came after them! So they don parachutes and descend to the lake itself, and walk ashore where they discover a hidden, secret Japanese aircraft hanger!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fat [Fuller Phun]; Slat [Archibald Clubb]
First Line: Say, Slat, I got zero in my examination at school today!
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Fingers of Fate

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Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): Kalua [Hazel Dearie]; Commander Nosabi [Ralph McSneer]; Lt. Charles Dangerfield [Dick Dare]; Sgt. Tim McGruff [Fuller Phun]; Gen. John March [Andrew Handy]
Synopsis: Lt. Dangerfield is back in Australia having been rescued from a tiny South Sea isle, where he met Kalua, his fiancee. He brought back a Japanese cruiser commander, who he turns over to Sgt. McGruff while the Lieutenant told his story to the General. Dangerfield's bailed out over the isle, and rescued by Kalua. Later the natives think he was some sort of god and put him on a throne as their leader. Later, he tended to his signal fire, and noticed a raft approaching and on it was the Japanese cruiser commander, who he took into custody. He was rescued and the General agreesto him marrying Kalua.
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Personality Day

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mme. Rosa Rotunda; John W. Chillblain; Hazel Dearie; Loo Igloo
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The Scourge of the Seas

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Genres: historical
Character(s): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor (his son); Donna Bonita; Virginia; Queen Bess [Elizabeth]; Thomas (a British sailor, introduction); the Spaniards (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: The Black Pirate and son Justin are walking along the beach when an English ship, unable to come ashore, fires a cannonball message to them, stating that the good Queen Bess needs their help immediately. Before they can see the Queen, they are told of a huge sea monster that has been causing havoc, so the duo agree to seek out the beast and destroy it.
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The Adventure of "Luckless" Lenore

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Irene Miller; Lenore Lowell (introduction); Doon [J Dinwiddie Lowell] (villain, introduction); Doon's men [Midge; Tuffy; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Doiby is asked by a young lady for three autographs of his, which she will use to obtain one autograph of the Green Lantern. Investigating, the Emerald Crusader discovers that this woman's life is in real danger, and has been ever since she was born...from her own Uncle!
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Crime Takes the Count

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Joan Fortune (Ted Grant's girlfriend); Tiger Taffer (a boxer, introduction); Possum Pate (villain, Taffer's manager, introduction); Pate's girlfriend (villain, introduction); Pate's men (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Stretch succeeds in getting Ted Grant a match with Tiger Taffer, but is puzzled by the fact that Tiger's manager, Possum Pate, is betting a wad on Grant not being able to lick his fighter that night! And when Grant is kidnapped to prevent his appearance at the fight, Wildcat steps in to solve the dilemma.
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Fate and a Mule!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tom Marlow; Joe Talbot; Jeff Minstro (villain)
Synopsis: Tom Marlow, a blacksmith in Gallway, had a brother-in-law, Joe Talbot, who believed that a fellow named Jeff Minstro had shot Tom's father, the town Sheriff, in the back during a riot, killing him. However, Joe was worried that Jeff would get off because seven of the jury members were Jeff's kinfolk. And free he did go. Tom knew that Jeff was guilty, but figured that fate or the law of averages would catch up with this guilty man. And it did.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Scribbly Jibbet; Mrs. Jibbet (Scribbly's mother); Daphne; Sylvester
First Line: Oboy! Home at last!!
Synopsis: Scribbly returns home and decides to go and see his love interest, Daphne. Getting her candy and flowers, he sees her with Sylvester, who is decked out in his military uniform. Dejected, Scribbly is asked to attend a party by some friends: a party where he could meet girls, so he goes. Daphne is there with Sylvester, who is the center of attention. Scribbly gets mad and decides to have it out with Sylvester, and gets a black eye! His friends set a trap for Sylvester and gives Scribbly some tomatoes to throw at Sylvester...and throw them he does, then scatters for parts unknown.
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Crime's Birthday Party!!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; District Attorney Morgan (introduction); Officer Kelley (introduction); Horseface (villain, introduction); Horseface's gang [Bats; rest unnamed] (villain, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Horseface tells his muggs that he plans to celebrate the D.A.'s birthday by turning himself in. In coming days, more "birthday" presents are delivered to the Police, baffling everyone. The D.A. and Jay Garrick are suspicious, so Flash notes that some of those presents present some major headaches to the law. Horseface's aim is to keep the Police on wild goose chases while his thugs clean out the town. Flash finally figures out what Horseface is up to and surprises him on his last job before he splits town. Horseface is captured and jailed...on his birthday, of all days.
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Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
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Wanted by Hitler, Dead or Alive

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Fausta Grables [aka Rora Blank] (villain, a Nazi agent, introduction); The Council of Axis Chiefs [Spader; rest unnamed] (villains, a spy ring, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Diana Prince is sitting at her desk one day when a woman, Rora Blank, enters, posing as a reporter, and asks very personal questions about Wonder Woman. Sensing something is wrong, Diana refuses to answer questions, but Steve Trevor is taken in, not realizing the woman is a Nazi agent, Fausta Grables. She eventually steals Wonder Woman's costume and poses as her for an Army benefit show.
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The Haunted Tank

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Genres: war
Character(s): Ghost Patrol [Fred; Slim; Pedro]; unnamed British Sergeant (introduction); unnamed British General (introduction); Fitzpatrick (British Army officer, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); Professor Zimplepuss (villain, Hitler's astrologer, introduction); unnamed Nazi General (villain); Nazi soldiers (villains, introduction for all, some die)
Synopsis: Hitler's forces have created a super tank that carries a division of soldiers that can travel on land and in the sea. The Ghost Patrol must find a way to stop the tank before it successfully lands in America.
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Character(s): Simp O'Dill
First Line: Say -- What are you fellows doin'?
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Character(s): Simp O'Dill; Pansy; Grandpa
First Line: Simp, we're moving today...
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They Wind Up in the Doghouse

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Genres: historical
Character(s): The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor; Donna [Bonita] Valor; Virginia; a cloth merchant (introduction); two English women (introduction for both); Captain Gore (villain, introduction); Gore's men (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: At the request of his wife, Jon Valor makes a trip to the treasure-laden East to get her new dresses. He succeeds, but various events along the way heading back home leave Valor with no dresses.
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The Tin-Fish Bobsled

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Genres: aviation
Character(s): Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; unnamed Eskimo tribal Chief (introduction); a group of pilots [Brown; Alpert; Sedges; Wernecki] (introduction for all); the crew of a Nazi raider (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Hop and a squadron of Douglas Devastators are on the way to Iceland to search out Nazi raiders, when a storm threatens, and forces all the planes to turn back...except Hop, who decides to continue on.
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Covered Caravan

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Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): Sam Hill [Andrew Handy]; Lem Sharper [Ralph McSneer]; Sally Sue Hill [Blanche Rouge]; Zeke Skidmore [Fuller Phun]; Jed Hoskins [Dick Dare]
Synopsis: Sam Hill and his daughter are making their way to the Golden West when they are attacked by Indians.
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The "Corn" Doctors

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Character(s): Dr. Fat; Slat
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Character(s): Mutt; Jeff
First Line: I'll never forget how cold it was...
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A Star Is Born

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Irene Miller; John Riley [aka Handsome John] (a Police detective, introduction); Chief of Detectives Brannigan (introduction); Pamela Larson (Hollywood Press Agent, introduction); Wilmer (photographer, introduction); Police Commissioner Leaffe (villain, introduction); Big Mike (villain, introduction); Mike's gang [Torpedo Tony; Shifty Spiro] (villains, introduction for both); three unnamed political bosses (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Green Lantern feverishly works on trying to solve a crime before Handsome John Riley can move in on his girl, Irene Miller.
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The Story behind the Bellyache

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Sock Smith (a restaurant owner and boxer, introduction); Hennessey (Police officer, introduction); Killer Hooke (villain, a restaurant owner and boxer, introduction); "Eats" Daly (villain, introduction); Daly's gang [Waxey; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Sock Smith decides to hang up his boxing gloves forever and open up his own restaurant, "The Glove." However, across the street is another restaurant owned by a former fighter, Killer Hooke, who doesn't like the prospect of competition and decides to do something about it. Wildcat must move in before something terrible can occur, and decides to match up the two former fighters in a winner-take-all match.
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He Saved the President -- Almost

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jackie Burton; Inspector Casey; Hennessey; 5th Columnists (villains)
Synopsis: Jackie Burton, second year student at Warren High, was out looking for scrap metal when he came across a couple of Hitler's Fifth Columnists, one of whom was murdered by the other for bungling an assignment. Staying in the shadows to avoid being seen, Jackie runs across a copper wire leading to fifteen sticks of dynamite located underneath a street over which the President would be soon traveling.
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Punk Junk

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Red Dugan; Blooey Blue; Whitey Smith; Doris West; Schaeffer (villain, introduction); Japanese soldier (villain, splash only, introduction)
Synopsis: Blooey, trying to catch up with Red and Whitey, accidentally steps on a man's foot. When the man grabs Blooey around the neck, Red steps in and is challenged to a duel. Noting a junkman passing by, Red stops him and checks the wagon for weapons of some kind. Finding two sabres, a duel ensues, with Red winning. The junkman arrives at a house where the man who fought the duel resides, and we discover the men are Nazi spies, who then go out and attempt to kill our trio.
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The City on Wheels

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; John Bennett (introduction); Molly Bennett (John's wife, socialite, introduction); Billy "Knuckles" O'Grady (a boxer, introduction); Lil (O'Grady's girlfriend, introduction); Henry (a servant, introduction); Nicki Renaldi (business owner, introduction); Big Ben Dudley (villain, racketeer, introduction); Dudley's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: The city's subway system becomes the stage for four tense people, each fighting time and wanting to achieve turning points in their lives. The Flash and Joan decide to help all four achieve their goals.
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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The Invisible Invader

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; General Darnell; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls [Bee Strong; rest unnamed]; Captain Eric Lander (introduction); a group of Nazi soldiers [Schmitt; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Steve shows Diana a newspaper announcement concerning the dedication ceremonies of a Global War Heroes monument that Wonder Woman is supposed to speak at. Wonder Woman is about to speak when the monument blows up, but mysteriously, as the debris clears, the monument is still intact, then disappears in a column of black smoke. Wonder Woman finally gets to the bottom of the mystery, when she comes face to face with Eric Lander, an American-born man of German descent, who has invented a silent, self-camouflaging space bomber that the Nazis intend to terrorize the U.S. with!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mutt; Jeff
First Line: Whoopeee! That horse paid twenty to one!
Synopsis: Mutt attends an auction to bid on an old family heirloom.
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The Guy Who Liked Bananas!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): The King [King Standish]; The Witch; Bananas Dawson (villain, introduction, death); Dawson's gang [Killer; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all); "Big John" (villain, a mobster, introduction, in flashback)
Synopsis: Bananas brags to his prisoner, the Witch, and tells her how he got into the rackets, having been born in Satan's Basement on the east side, and spending his days swiping bananas, which then leads him to become a crime boss, thinking up crackerjack crimes that the King finds interesting. Unfortunately, bananas, which he likes so much, leads to his downfall.
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Master Sergeant Meyer Levin, Bombardier and Hero

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Master Sergeant Meyer Levin [aka Mike] (death); Captain Colin P. Kelly (death); Sergeant William J. Delehanty (death)
Synopsis: The true story of Meyer Levin, war hero and bombadier, whose parents received the first Hop Harrigan Award For Flying Heroism.
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A Little Savage Revenge!

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Genres: aviation
Character(s): Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; un-named native Chief (introduction); the Japanese (villains, introduction for all, some die)
Synopsis: Hop and Tank are over the South Seas on a mission when they spot Japanese planes attacking a peaceful native outrigger canoe. Hop lands and rescues the native, but the Japanese see this and attack Hop's plane. Hop flees, but suddenly loses consciousness and wakes a prisoner of the natives, who are going to kill him and Tank. Suddenly, the Japanese air commander arrives on the scene and demands that Hop and Tank be turned over to him. Quick-thinking Tank turns the natives against the Japanese, who are attacked and beaten. Hop radios his own forces from one of the Zeros and is rescued.
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One-Way Ticket

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Genres: mystery, romantic
Character(s): Nora (the housekeeper); Mr. Arnold (death); Joe Merwin (villain, fire inspector)
Synopsis: Nora gets a ticket to a performance at the Castle Theatre, so she dresses and says goodnight to her employer, Mr. Arnold. A shadowy figure: a dishonet fire inspector, pulls a gun on Arnold, kills him, then wipes the gun clean, making it appear a suicide. A Policeman sees Merwin jumps out a window, and fires at him, hitting him. Merwin is subdued, and asks how the Police knew he had killed Arnold. The Policeman showed him Nora, whose dress was burnt and singed from a fire at the Castle Theatre, and whom the Police were detailed to bring home. So it was Merwin himself who confessed to the crime.
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The Man Most Likely to Succeed

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sargon [John Sargent]; Luke Brown (a lawyer, special prosecutor, introduction); unnamed Mayor (introduction); Al Tyrone (villain, introduction); Tyrone's mob (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Lawyer Luke Brown, once thought of as a person that was most likely to succeed, now considers himself a failure. He once refused to join the dreaded Tyrone mob, and ever since, Tyrone has frightened off clients left and right. But Sargon helps get Brown appointed as a prosecutor, and now Brown has the chance to nail the Tyrone mob and become the success he wants to be.
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The Minute Man Answers the Call

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Genres: opinion
Character(s): Uncle Sam; General George Washington; General Charles Cornwallis
Synopsis: Throughout history, American men have been ready and willing at a moment's notice to stand and fight for this nation's freedom...a call now being accepted by a new generation of "minute men"! The story of how the Minuteman -- the citizen-soldier -- helped win the American Revolution, their spirit has watched over America's other battles against tyranny, and how that spirit lives on in 1943.
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The Bushmaster!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles, Irene Miller; Doctor Davies (zoo curator, introduction); John Ames (inventor, introduction); The Bushmaster (villain, a Nazi spy, introduction, death); Bushmaster's mob [Miguel; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Someone has attempted to break into the reptile house at the city zoo, where very dangerous snakes are kept. John Ames tells Doiby and Irene that this occurred due to the actions of the Bushmaster, a Nazi spy who was chased out of South America and is now in town wanting Ames's formula for making balsa wood bullet proof.
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Balboa

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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): Vasco Nunez de Balboa; Ridrigo de Bastidas (outfitter); Hortado; Captain Ojeda (villain); Encisco (villain)
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Last of the Thunderbirds

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Genres: aviation
Character(s): Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; Charlie Thunderbird [Charlie T. Sharp] (death); Major Sharp; the Japanese (villains, some die)
Synopsis: Major Sharp chews Hop out for going on a mission with an Apache Indian, Charlie Thunderbird, who is killed in the line of duty, and who displayed great heroism. The Major wants to award Charlie a medal and give it to the next of kin, but Hop replies he had no next of kin. After Hop leaves the office, Major Sharp sadly reaches into his desk drawer and pulls out a picture of Charlie Thunderbird in a silver frame with air wings at the bottom, and inscribed: "Apaches are warriors...warriors die young...your loving brother, Charlie T. Sharp!"
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The Laws of Pumpkin Center

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Pumpkin Center Sheriff (introduction); Pumpkin City residents (introduction for all); the Eel [Eels Madden] (villain, introduction); Eel's gang (villains, introduction for all); Ollie (villain, Eel's lawyer, introduction)
Synopsis: Eels Madden's gang a small hick town named Pumpkin Center, a town that has some very strange laws. Looking them over, Eel's brain devises a scheme to put those laws to his own advantage. As a result, the Flash and Joan, in town on other business, find it difficult to circumvent the law and bring the Eel to justice!
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